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After a devastating first loss of his career in March with just one second left in the fight after dominating, Magomed Ankalaev bounced back in a big way.

Ankalaev (11-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) finished Marcin Prachnio (13-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) with a dominant first-round knockout. The finish came at the 3:09 mark of the first round and got Ankalaev some redemption after he was forced to tap to a Hail Mary triangle choke from Paul Craig in his promotional debut.

The light heavyweight bout was part of the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 136 event at Olympic Stadium in Moscow. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

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Ankalaev landed a solid leg kick 45 seconds in, then continued to back up Prachnio. A left knee landed moments later for Ankalaev. Ankalaev soon slipped a left hand from Prachnio and landed a right uppercut. He landed again seconds later with a high kick and looked calm when he did it. A big combination two minutes in worked out well for Ankalaev and had Prachnio continuing to back up.

Ankalaev’s left hand was on point, and a right hook came not long after. A left head kick drilled Prachnio just past three minutes into the round and put him on his back. Ankalaev jumped on him with punches on the canvas and it took just a couple to finish the job.

Ankalaev got back in the win column after suffering the first loss of his pro career in his UFC debut in March. Prachnio lost for the second straight time, both in the UFC, after an eight-fight winning streak.